Jeff Bezos Considers Minority Stake in Liverpool Amid Bhatia Consortium's Advances
The list of global heavyweights circling Liverpool just added one of the biggest names in business. Jeff Bezos has held talks about joining the Amit Bhatia-led consortium seeking a minority stake in the club, according to reports on Wednesday, in a move that would drag one of the world’s richest men into the heart of Anfield’s future.
Bezos, valued by Forbes at around £192 billion ($257 billion), is understood to be considering becoming part of the group fronted by British-Indian businessman Amit Bhatia, though Sky News stressed he is not certain to move forward. The discussions are exploratory, but the mere presence of Bezos in the conversation underlines the scale of interest around Liverpool as a global sporting asset.
Bhatia, the 46-year-old son-in-law of steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal, has already stepped into the spotlight. On Tuesday, Fenway Sports Group (FSG), Liverpool’s owners, confirmed that his consortium had approached them regarding a minority investment in the 20-time English champions. The timing was no coincidence.
That same day, Bhatia ended an 18-year association with Queens Park Rangers. He stepped down from the QPR board and transferred his stake to majority owner Ruben Gnanalingam, closing a long chapter in the Championship club’s modern history and freeing his hands for a move at a very different level of the game.
The outlines of any Liverpool deal are becoming clearer. In 2023, FSG sold a minority stake to investment firm Dynasty, and any fresh agreement with Bhatia’s group is expected to follow a similar template: FSG remains firmly in control, new investors buy into the growth story. According to the Financial Times, the Bhatia-led consortium’s interest would value Liverpool at more than $6 billion, a staggering jump from the £300 million FSG paid to acquire the club in 2010.
Bezos has flirted with major sports ownership before. He explored bids for the NFL’s Seattle Seahawks and Washington Commanders but ultimately walked away from both. The pattern is familiar: serious interest, deep due diligence, then a decision not to pull the trigger. Liverpool now finds itself in that same high-stakes orbit, waiting to see whether this is another near miss or the moment Bezos finally steps into the arena.
For FSG, the calculation is different but no less pointed. With Anfield expanded, commercial revenues booming and the Premier League’s global reach still growing, a strategic minority sale at a $6 billion-plus valuation would lock in a huge paper gain while keeping sporting control in Boston hands. For Bhatia, and potentially Bezos, it is a chance to buy into one of football’s most powerful global brands without the political and operational weight of a full takeover.
If Bezos chooses to proceed, Liverpool’s ownership picture will gain a new, unmistakable silhouette. If he walks away again, the club will still have a serious, well-funded consortium at the table and a valuation that underlines its place among the game’s elite financial powers.
Either way, the numbers around Liverpool no longer belong to English football alone. They belong to the rarefied world where tech titans, billionaire investors and historic clubs collide — and where every decision shapes not just a team, but a global institution.
